Blue Valley Baptist Church
Statement of Response to the Haiti Earthquake Relief

BVBC wants to express its deep concern for the people of Haiti after the tragic 7.0 earthquake that struck this small country on the evening of January 12.  It is important for the BVBC family to recognize that we are a part of a larger effort of all Souther Baptist who are mobilizing to assess the disaster relief needs of the Haitian people.  The regular giving to the BVBC and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering helps fund the International Mission Board's disaster relief fund which is funding the IMB's initial relief efforts.  The North American Mission Board is also organizing emergency consultations with all the state disaster relief directors to coordinate a response to the catastrophe.  In the event individual BVBC families are interested in providing additional funding specifically directed at the Haiti earthquake relief efforts, the following organizations are recommended as primary contacts for this funding effort:

Baptist Global response, www.gobgr.org

Samaritan's Purse, www.samaritanspurse.org

At present in Haiti, search and rescue operations are taking place.  The country's infrastructure which was already in poor condition has totally collapsed.  Jim Brown, Director of Baptist Global Response, held a conference call with the 42 state directors across the nation to formulate a plan for long-term recovery efforts in Haiti.  In the next few days, a baptist Global Response assessment team will deploy from the United States en route to Haiti to work along-side our missionaries currently assisting the Haitians in this tragedy.

We ask that our entire BVBC family pray for the people of Haiti and those working to assist in the disaster relief efforts.